donmatthewspoetry

Priscilla and Religion

Priscilla is FCS resident cat I am a dead-set atheistMy owners want me faithedInto the Christian church they doTrue feline Christian based I will NOT be converted…… Don MatthewsDecember 2022

My rhymes are getting harderTo now construct with witWhy this is I do not knowMaybe I’m past it? They’re getting kinda puerileChildish, silly, wotLacking depth and meaningHave I lost the plot? One day it all comes easyThe next day, gone, all shotI wonder what is going onHave I lost the plot? Am I too focusedContinue reading “Rhymes”

Afghanistan 1984

Expression oh so hauntingPiercing eyes which boreSharbat Gula Afghan1984 Sharbat Gula became Afghanistan’s most famous refugee after US photographer Steve McCurry captured her face in a refugee camp on the Pakistan-Afghan border in the 1980s. This picture which later went on to become a symbolic image was published on the front cover of the National GeographicContinue reading “Afghanistan 1984”

Robando and Miranda

Robando and MirandaLoading for the dayDelivering to their outletsNothing more to say Don MatthewsDecember 2022

Do You Remember This?

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Yoda)

Yoda’s creator based the character’s design off of his own face In order to create Yoda, makeup artist Stuart Freeborn looked inward and found a look that he thought would work well on the swamp planet of Dagobah. Freeborn’s work can be seen throughout the early films of Stanley Kubrick and even in Superman, butContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Yoda)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (cleaning streets)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (classroom)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Hardship

Write something incorporating the word ‘hardship’ Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO HARDSHIP I don’t have no problemsIn nap afternoonNo hardship I find itI dream of the moon Nice lunar dreams Fan……. Wave to Loony…… DM

FCS Daily Music Video – Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, Linda Rondstandt

Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores Ryland Peter “Ry” Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known forContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, Linda Rondstandt”